Popular baby names you're bored off...

I was at a rhymetime session recently. Out of 10 toddlers there were two Alfies, two Islas and an Orla and two Isaacs.

Sorry beavington, thought you were pg. I am sure your dd suits her name perfectly and has made it her own :)

Nasty thread that's going to upset quite a few people.

I think only on MN do people worry about all this. Your little girl will not be judged by her name in real life, and it's a beautiful name anyway. Glad you have decided to stick to your guns.

FWIW I am surprised not to have seen Grace on her which is DD1s name as it has got very popular but 9 years on I still love it. And DD2 is Polly which seems to be a bit of a marmite name on here but I care not!

My sons are young adults and both have names that have been mentioned but they were much less popular when they were chosen although classic names, one in particular was considered quite unusual in the early 90s.
Not sure if I should be offended at been called unimaginative and boring or if as an early adopter I am excused

Popular names here are
Alex
Chloe and Sophie.
I don't find popular names boring. I like a name if I like a name and don't if I don't. I think Eve, Eva, Ella, Sophie and Emily are all beautiful.

Mine children? its late and I need to remember to preview!

One of mine children's names has been mentioned above and I sort of agree. When we chose it we didn't know any at all. Both worked in a field where we came into contact with lots of children and didnt know one witb this name. We were actually worried it would lead to teasing as too uncommon but loved it and the meaning behind it.

Then we moved county and its very common.... and yet they are the only one with that name in their year and were previously the only one in the nursery.

I still love it and it fits them perfectly.

twofalls it doesnt bother me if i think about it properly but initially i did have a reaction to people thinking my dds name is boring as its a label attached to her when she should be taken on her own merit ie an amazing little girl. I know that is ridiculous and ive changed my mind now and am not bothered. Thank you for agreeing its a lovely name though

I've got an Evie and an Isla and I only know of one Evie and no Islas. I also have a Freya who is nearly 18, I used to see her name on here as an 'overused' name but it was quite unusual when she was born!

hellokitty - surely for any name to "do it's job of identifying" each human would have to have a wholly unique name?!

And our surname is distinctive enough, without saddling our children with a distinctive first name!

What's wrong with X or Q?

A single random Scrabble letter

I hereby name my next child...

Asrera

Lovely!

Not only are overused names a little dull, they also don't do their job of identifying (without additional initials or other adjectives).

Names that are overused round here include:
Jack
Charlie
Alfie
Archie
Oliver

Ellie
Sophie
Evie
Isla
Isabella

Emily

So glad my baby girls name isn't here was worrying it was becoming too popular!

Perhaps take out the Q and X first though!

Ah ok. If I ever have a surprise no 3 I might try your scrabble idea

I've heard of too many Dexters recently. For me it's not about the 'classics' - I would say that as my eldest was one of 3 in his nursery class lol - it's the 'unusual' names that then become popular. I just think if you want to pick something different go the extra step lol.

I have to say I found it nigh on impossible to choose my boys' names and I'm still not really convinced by them shrug I think I'm happier they've got 'classic' names I'm unsure of than wacky ones on balance though.

Ktay - I didn't meant to imply that everyone who chooses a less popular name, does so to avoid the whole Jack A. situation, I'm sure some parents are fully prepared that someone else just might have had the same idea.

I'm just baffled by the ones who never consider it, like Anya lady I mentioned.

I always say, unless someone is choosing their child's name by pulling Scrabble letters out the bag, you just never know!

Harry,
George

I was recently cooing over a baby. I asked the baby's name. The mum said it was , but she wanted to call it , but didn't because xyz was really popular. I felt sad for the mum as she felt she was denied her number one choice.

If you want to,call a baby a name, then use it, regardless of whether rots no. 1 or no 101 in the baby name charts ( providing it's not a silly name like Fifa, Ikea etc).

Kerala - your 'lovely decent' name is someone else's tedium and vice versa! Can't you see that?

burga- no, thankfully, it isn't!(I think it will be a while before ethel is popular again)

Argh she's not called " ", that would be special! Slightly left-field old lady name though

KERALA1 - but if everyone swaps the popular names, for other names, then some of those other names become the popular names surely?!